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Q. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is

A
Tivara
B
Kunala
C
Mahendra
D
Jalauka

Correct Answer

Tivara

More Questions on History

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    A)S. Ramaswami Mudaliar
    B)Gazulu Lakshminarasu
    C)P. Anandacharlu
    D)R. Balaji Rao
    Answer: Gazulu Lakshminarasu
  • Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in :
    A)1913
    B)1905
    C)1919
    D)1925
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. Chahalghani under IItutmish represented __________
    A)Slaves inherited by him from his predecessors
    B)His Turkish slaves
    C)General cadre of slaves
    D)The elite cadre of slave officers under him
    Answer: His Turkish slaves
  • Q. In which country the revolution of 1848 first begins that lead to a series of revolutions
    A)Germany
    B)Italy
    C)French
    D)Austria
    Answer: Italy
  • Q. Montagu who toured in India in 1918 was a
    A)Member of Viceroy's Council
    B)Member of Privy Council
    C)Secretary of State for India
    D)Viceroy of India
    Answer: Secretary of State for India
  • Q. The language from which the term ‘India’ is derived is
    A)Greek
    B)English
    C)Persian
    D)Arabic
    Answer: Persian
  • Q. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India?
    A)Bahadur Shah-II
    B)Bahadur Shah-I
    C)Shah Alam-I
    D)Shah Alam-II
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  • Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
    A)1857
    B)1818
    C)1858
    D)1819
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
    A)Lord Auckland
    B)Lord Dalhousie
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Lord William Bentinck
    Answer: Lord Dalhousie
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    B)A religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb
    C)Irrigation tax charged by Akbar
    D)Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
    Answer: Land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
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    A)Shuktimati
    B)Sravasti
    C)Kaushambi
    D)Indraprastha
    Answer: Sravasti
  • Q. Which of the following songs was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart, that he wrote: ‘That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the ‘Bhagavad Gita’
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  • Q. __________’s Darsana Mala is written in Sanskrit
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
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  • Q. When was the first communist manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
    A)1859
    B)1848
    C)1872
    D)1890
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    B)By a bloody revolution
    C)By a bloodless revolution
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  • Q. The Permanent Settlement was enforced on__________
    A)1793
    B)1693
    C)1893
    D)1933
    Answer: 1793
  • Q. Tilak started his career as a
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    B)Writer
    C)Journalist
    D)Lawyer
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    A)Kerala
    B)Gujarat
    C)Karnataka
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    B)August 1940
    C)September 1946
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